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' Lettere Patent A70. 65,816, dated June 18, 1867.

PARLOR TEN-PIN ALLEY.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EBEE W. KEYES, of Boston, in the County of Suioll ,z1nd Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Parlor Alley; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, :ind-to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention consists in so arranging aparler alley that it can be played alternately from either end, the buiers or end guardsl being so arranged that they may be folded down.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its Construction and use.

Dra'zm'ngs.

Figure 1 is an isometric perspective view.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section; and

'Figure a plan of my improved parlor alley.

To construct my parlor alley I proceed as follows: I form a ease of any suitable material by uniting with the base-piece A the side-pieces C C and the end pieces E E, as shown in the drawings, Within this ease the alley B is'fastened. This alley is,V narrower and shorter than'the inside ofthe case, so as to leave room between the sides and ends of the alley and case for the balls andpins. The ends ofthe alley B are rabheted, as shown in tig. f2, so that the padded ends or buffersD D may be folded or laid down eren with the upper surface of the alley B. The insides of the buil'ers D D are padded so as to check-the rebound of the balls or pins. In the drawings these buil'ers are represented as being connected with the ends of the ease by means of hinges, butthese hinges might be dispensed with and pins or hooks substituted.

l -To play with my improved alley, the alley is'placed upon a table, and the players seat themselves at either en'd, each being provided with a set of balls and pins. Ono player, for instance, the one at D, adjusts thebuil'er D at his end of the alley and sets up the pins for his adversary; the player at D lowers the -bufl'er D', and rolls the balls until the whole set of pins atD are knocked down, or until all the halls are rolled; then the entire proseeding is reversed and the player at D rolls.

lHaving thus described my invention, I will now proceed to.set forth .my claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A parlor alley made with movable or folding buffers D D, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

EBEN W. KEYES. Witnesses FRANK G. PARKER, WILLIAM EnsoN. 

